Day 1

Kilimanjaro Airport to Arusha
Meet on arrival and transfer to Arusha for relaxation and overnight.
Accommodation: The African Tulip Hotel
Meals included: N/A

Day 2

Arusha to Ndutu via Great Rift Valley Escarpment

Enjoy early morning breakfast then proceed to Ndutu via the Great Rift Valley Escarpment with your expert guide.
You can go for a guided walk along the escarpment wall (fees extra) before continuing your journey to Ndutu, where the wildebeest herds stay during this season.

Day 3

Lake Ndutu (Ngorongoro Conservation Area)
Enjoy early breakfast then depart for game drives in Ndutu with your expert guide. The Ndutu area and southern Serengeti are the best place to be from December to March for the annual wildebeest migration.

Day 4

Ndutu to Serengeti National Park
Early morning breakfast then depart for a morning game drive in Ndutu, before proceeding to the Serengeti with your expert guide. Predators like lions, cheetahs, leopards and hyenas are never far away from the 1.7 million migrating wildebeests and zebras that settle in this area before giving birth to calves.
Accommodation:Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 5

Full day in the Serengeti National Park
Leisurely breakfast then depart for a full day of game drives in the Serengeti. Focus on a safari in the Northern Tanzania circuit during this season should be on the Serengeti southern short grass plains and Ngorongoro eco-system. The annual wildebeest migration arrives on these plains from December onwards.

It is here where they congregate and give birth to thousands of calves in February and March. These mineral rich plains are where the great herds stay for as long as feeding permits. Apparently the iron and zinc found in the fodder of these plains is what the wildebeest are after.

The movement of almost two million wild animals is the driving force of the ecology of most of the Serengeti eco-system. Predators follow these herds like sharks following a shoal of fish. Great wildlife viewing is guaranteed because the young animals make easy prey. Spend your day in this park with “plains that never end”.

Day 6

Serengeti to Ngorongoro Crater Rim
Enjoy morning game drive in the central Serengeti area then drive toward Ngorongoro Crater.

You can have an optional en-route stop in the Olduvai Gorge area, where the homonid and other significant archaeological discoveries have been made. (Optional activity: fees extra.)

In late afternoon, proceed to your lodge located on the crater rim for relaxation and overnight stay. The world-famous Ngorongoro Crater is at the eastern edge of the Serengeti in northern Tanzania. Nearly three million years old, the ancient caldera of the once-volcanic Ngorongoro shelters one of the most beautiful wildlife havens on earth, ringed with towering walls and sheltering forests, grasslands, fresh springs and a large soda lake.
Accommodation: Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 7

Ngorongoro Crater to Arusha
Leave very early in the morning for game viewing in Ngorongoro Crater. Descend into the Ngorongoro caldera to view the wildlife on the crater floor. The Ngorongoro Crater is often called “Africa’s Eden” and the “8th Natural Wonder of the World”.
A massive extinct volcano, the sheet walls drop thousands of feet to a “Noah’s Ark” of animals on the verdant floor below. Large herds of zebra, buffalo, antelope and wildebeest graze nearby while sleeping lions laze in the sun. At dawn, the endangered black rhino returns to the thick cover of the crater forests after grazing on dew-laden grass in the morning mist.

Leave the crater late afternoon and drive back to Arusha for relaxation and overnight.
Accommodation: The African Tulip Hotel
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch

Day 8

Arusha to Kilimanjaro Airport
After a leisurely breakfast, you can go for an optional Arusha town tour to visit the Cultural Heritage gallery, the Tanzanite Experience, the Maasai market, before transfer to Kilimanjaro airport to check in for your departure flight.
Accommodation: N/A
Meals included: Breakfast

You can start on any date from December 1, 2016 to December 12, 2016.

Price:
US$2,900 per person, based on 2 people sharing
US$2,300 per person, based on 4 people sharing

N.B.
(1) Prices shown are based on double occupancy. Single supplement applies.
(2) Prices are valid for arrivals from December 1, 2016 to December 12, 2016.
(3) Accommodation suggested are subject to availability. Please email us to inquire.

Inclusions:

Transfer from Kilimanjaro Airport (JRO) to Arusha on arrival

Transfer from Arusha to Kilimanjaro Airport (JRO) or Arusha Airport (ARK) on departure

Game viewing in 4×4 Land Cruiser with pop-up roof on exclusive basis

Services of a professional English-speaking driver guide

Accommodation as per itinerary

Meals as per itinerary

Drinking water while on safari provided in safari vehicle

Park fees and conservations fees as per itinerary

18% VAT on park fees and game drives for safari, effective 1st July 2016